WHERE TO BEGIN....

So it's been a while since I wrote. My hubby and I were away together last week, no internet, no TV. It was nice except for the fact that he was "resting" due to having walking pneumonia. He couldn't do much since doing much made him out of breath. So we watched a few movies, prayed, read scripture and played a lot of Phase 10 (a game).

This morning I was reading in Luke 15. Parables I have read over and over in my life. What came to life fuller for me today was the rejoicing in heaven when a sinner repents. The parable of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin and the Lost Son. One says "there will be rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents" another "there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God" and finally "he was dead and is alive, he was lost and now is found." I thought about what it must look like when I, a sinner, repents! Wow, isn't that amazing. Then I thought about what it must look like when someone who has not known Christ in their life comes to repentance and follows him. The rejoicing in heaven is such a beautiful picture. Just picture the heavens rejoicing over you - yes YOU and ME are valued so much by Jesus that the entire heavens rejoice over us when we repent. The parables depict someone who has fallen away and then comes back. So remember that no matter what sin is in your life there is nothing that Jesus doesn't forgive. When you turn and come back to him the whole heavens rejoice over YOU. That should make you smile.

We watched a movie this week called "Faith like Potatoes". It was such a beautiful picture of Jesus working in the lives of every day people. I won't tell you more just watch it, you'll love it!

We continue to walk into an unknown place. A few doors possible, but still no clear answers. A beautiful song says "hungry I come to you for I know you satisfy....so I wait for you, so I wait for you; I'm falling on my knees, offering all of me, Jesus, your all this heart is living for."

Lord, help me to wait on you, help me to remember and not forget how you have loved and cared for us these past months. Help me not to forget the power that you have displayed in my life. Keep me free and open to you, keep the enemy far from me and our family. Keep your hedge of protection around each and every one of us trusting you for our next steps. All in your plans not ours. I love you Lord.